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Today's Word "cormorant"

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cormorant \KOR-mur-unt; -muh-rant\ (noun) - 1 : Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese. 2 : A gluttonous, greedy, or rapacious person.

"Characterizing himself as 'a library cormorant,' Bud's appetite for books and other forms of reading material knew no bounds"